Provo Utah Temple

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Provo Utah Temple
The Provo Utah Temple
Number	15	edit data
Announcement	1967-08-14
Groundbreaking	1969-09-15 by Hugh B. Brown
Open House	10 January – 29 January 1972
Dedication	1972-02-09 by Harold B. Lee
Location	2200 Temple Hill Drive Provo, Utah United States
Phone number	801-375-5775
Site	17 acres (6.9 hectares)
Total floor area	128,325 ft² (11,922 m²)
Exterior finish	White cast stone with gold anodized aluminum grills, bronze glass panels and a painted spire
Temple design	Functional modern with single center spire design
Ordinance rooms	6 with movie sessions
Sealing rooms	12
Clothing rental	Yes
Cafeteria	Full services
Visitors' center	no
Preceded by	Ogden Utah Temple
Followed by	Washington D.C. Temple
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The Provo Utah Temple (formerly the Provo Temple) is the 17th constructed and 15th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Provo, Utah it was built with a modern single-spire design very similar in design to the Ogden Utah Temple.

Since Provo’s early years, a hill just northeast of downtown Provo was known as “Temple Hill.” Instead of a temple, however, the Maeser Building was built on the hill in 1911 as a part of the Brigham Young University campus. A seventeen acre block of property at the base of Rock Canyon was chosen as the site for the Provo Temple.

The LDS temple in Provo was announced on August 14, 1967, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 15, 1969 with construction beginning soon thereafter. Emil B. Fetzer, the architect for the Ogden and Provo temples, was asked to create a functional design with efficiency, convenience, and reasonable cost as key factors.

The temple was dedicated on February 9, 1972 by Church President Harold B. Lee. The two dedicatory services were broadcast to several large auditoriums on Brigham Young University campus, including the 22,700-seat Marriott Center. The temple has 6 ordinance rooms and 12 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of 128,325 square feet. Thirty-one years after the temple's completion, an angel Moroni was added to the spire which itself was changed from gold to white.

The Provo Temple is one of the busiest temples the LDS Church operates. Because of its location, the temple is frequented by students attending the nearby Church-owned Brigham Young University. The temple also receives many missionary patrons since an LDS Missionary Training Center is just across the street.